UPDATE: Victim in fatal Crosstown Expressway accident identified

(CORPUS CHRISTI, FEBRUARY 2020) — The victim in the fatal crash on Crosstown Expressway has been identified.

According to authorities, 20-year-old Briana Cruz was driving on Crosstown Expressway near Horne Road when her vehicle crashed into a guard rail and then landed upside down on a nearby frontage road. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

However, the three other passengers in the vehicle survived the accident. A man in his 20s was saved from the vehicle as well as Cruz’s 3-year-old and 1-year-old son. One of the children is reportedly in stable condition while the other is in serious condition. Both are expected to survive.